The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
Visited for the First Time in Six
teen Years.

Il ILL OAD llOIul LhO lIIlDs
-
Visited for tho Fret Tirna in Sly
teen Years
Hello, jim! Where have Won been
latclyP'' shouted a broker the other
evening TO portlv. fnely-dressed man
in the corridor of the st. James. The
gentleman stopped. shook hands with
his friend. and replic1: give been
home to see nv old father and mother.
the first time in sixteen years. and I'll
tell YOU. old man. | wouldn't have
missed The visit for all nv fortune
.Kinder rood TO visit your bovbood
home. ebp,'
lyon bet Sit down was inst
thinking nbout the old folks and feel
talkatiye. If Won have few moments
to spare sit down. LIGHT a cioar. and
listen 10 a story Of n rich man who
had almost forgotten his father and
mother
They sat down and the man told his
story.
.How 7 came 70 visit NV home han
penod in a cn,ions u,,v S;y weak 700
went down TO Fire Island fsbino.
had a lunch mt ~, at Crock g. Nssb,s
and Won can IMAGINE NV establishment
when 7 opencd the hammer to find
packaoe of crackers wronned mn in y
niece of newsnoner That ncwsnane,
was the little comtrv weekly unfinished
at NV home in Wisconsin read
every word in if. advertisements and
NIL. There WINS Georoe Kqlloor who
wos scboolm,to of m;ne ,dvert;s;py
> hams and sait nork and another how
was postmaster Nv GEORGE, it made
me homcsick and 7 determined then
and there to 90 home. and 90 home I
did
an the first ploce 7 must tell Won
how 7 c,me to Now York had /. t;f'
with INV fatbor and loft homo T
finally tnrned I'M in Now yort with :,
dollo~ in NV norlet got a ;ob nm
p;ng a freiabt elevator in Tho yor,,
house i, which nm now = n,rtner
Nv b,sto 70 oo+ r;ob drovo tbn thanrL 70
If my, narenfs from mo and whom 7 did
think Of thcm tho hard words That INV
father last snol n =, mo ronkloa i, M,
bosom We'll T. wont home T didn't
SOC mnch CHANCE i, Chicago hut tho
maonilieent now denot in Milwaukee, 7
thonobt was an innrovenent IN tbo
old she'd that thev uscd to have II
was only thirty miles from Milwaukee
TO nv home. and tell Won. John. that
train soomod IN creon Iw,s aotn,u,.
worse than a scbool-bov GOING home
fo,. vacation. At last We ncored the
town. Familiar sioht. met INV ewes
and darn n ali tbev t;lrea Win toms
There was R;Il Jvman,s rod hor, inst
The same Int creat SCOTT wbot wero
all of tho other Lousese Werode noor.
~ a milo hoforo con,;no IN tho donot
tbroucl houses where only occas;on'
.llv s,v ono tb,t was familiar Tho
town had grown to ton times ito s;ze
when Iknew II The train stonnod and
i,n,nod ofr Not faco !, s;nht tho
knew and T started down tho Mat.
form, 70 oo home I, Tho Office doo,
stood ,hc s,,,;o, agent woIkod ~,
ond said. .uowdv NJ col,i,sp,
"Ho staroa ~ mo ond ,onl;od
.Yon,vc oot tho hest of mo cir
81 talJ h;,, VIC J,vos ana ,,,ho.1h,
been do;no in New York and he aidn,,
,,,,La INV ho,oo IN t.I,,inor 80 c.
bo. .It's ohout timo Won cana homo
Yon in Now Yorl rich and yonr fothe,
scratch;no Grave. 70 aet h,re ,;v;nr
81 to,l e., Iohr Z Lnool,od no q
in a hear thougbt INV father h a,
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not;on strnol ma paforo on;no hon,.
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over her eyeglasses shone those GOOD